Arrangement for dynamically diverting communications having characteristics incompatible with a communication device to another device

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EP 2 071 817 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.04.2011 Bulletin 2011/17

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(21)	Application number: 08251835.8

(22)	Date of filing: 27.05.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04M 3/42^(2006.01)
H04M 7/12^(2006.01)

H04M 3/58^(2006.01)
H04L 29/06^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

14.12.2007 US 956779

(71)	Applicant: AVAYA TECHNOLOGY LLC
	Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-2332 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Burritt, David Broomfield, Colorado 80020 (US) Evans, Gwilym Thornton, Colorado 80241 (US) Freeman, Brian Westminster, Colorado 80234 (US) Michaelis, Paul Roller Louisville, Colorado 80027 (US) Velmala, Vivekanada Thornton, Colorado 80602 (US)

(74)	Representative: Williams, David John et al
	Page White & Farrer Bedford House John Street London WC1N 2BF London WC1N 2BF (GB)

(54)	Arrangement for dynamically diverting communications having characteristics incompatible with a communication device to another device

(57) A monitoring device monitors headers of packets on a communications session with a primary communications device, and when it detects packets of a medium that is incompatible with the primary device, it causes those packets to be diverted to a secondary device that is associated with the primary device and that is compatible with that medium. During set-up of the communications session, the monitoring device replaces or supplements the handshake of the primary device, thereby providing to the network a single handshake that identifies the media supported by the combination of the primary and secondary devices.

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